YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:04 am

I am starting a new thread for Yngwie Malmsteen as the previous one was rather disingenuously started by another person as somewhat of a joke, so I am suggesting that this is the new thread and hopefully since there are no moderators here, it will continue.

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yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:18 am

Great idea yngwie308, allow me to post here first

Yngwie at Randy Rhodes tribute:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1dPdfTeWIY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1lNdZiJ0qak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1j6ZxSz8kI

http://www.alloutguitar.com/interview/e ... _malmsteen
Chronology of YJM US models;
The American Fender YJM Strat model year updates are as follows:

1988 Introduction: Along with the Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster, the Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Signature is the first or Fender's Artist / Signature series of guitars. Malmsteen and Clapton are the first Artists to be so honored. These early YJM Strats featured a modern (small) headstock, 21 Fender "vintage" medium frets, American Standard style 2-point pivot Tremolo, modern Fender/Schaller tuners, and 2 x Dimarzio HS-3 pickups (neck and bridge) and Fender single coil in the middle. Also, I believe the truss rod adjustment was via screw driver at the end of neck near top of pickguard. This model continues unchanged through 1993.

1994 1st update: Fender changes headstock to Yngwie's preferred late sixties large headstock, changes American Standard type tremolo to original, vintage Synchronized Tremolo, and aged plastic parts. Pickups were still 2 x HS-3 and 1 x Fender American standard (middle). This model continues unchanged through 1997.

1998 2nd update: Dunlop super Jumbo 6000 frets introduced. Tuners changed to Vintage Fender "F-Key" style. Dimarzio YJM pickup introduced, and is featured in the neck and middle position, with a Dimarzio HS-3 in the bridge. Mint pickguard with aged plastic parts. Truss rod access moved to headtock via allen wrench. This model continues unchanged through 2006.

2007 3rd and latest update: Bullet style truss rod is introduced. Deeper neck scalloping is introduced. Fender's standard wood screw Neck / body joint is finally changed to reflect Yngwie's special modification==>4-point machine bolt / threaded insert type neck anchoring system. Special, slimmer "C" shape neck profile is introduced. Pickguard changed to 3-ply white.
Some are claiming the 2007 YJM's have thinner neck profiles:
I caliper measured both my 2002 and 2007 YJM strats at the 1st and 12th frets.

The 2002 measures around 19.6 and 21.8 mm thick
With 2mm deep scallops

The 2007 measures 18.0 and 20.5 mm thick
With 2.3mm deep scallops

An Ibanez Wizard is spec at 17mm and 20 mm

So you can see the 2002 would have around 17.6 mm of solid wood around the lowest region 1st fret area and the 2007 would have around 15.7 mm of wood in that same region.

That is about 11% thinner where the neck is thinnest (low valley of a scallop)
That's a fair amount.
Also questioning his use of the YJM DiMarzio's:
I have this question in my head lately after closely examining a few pictures and videos of Yngwie with his guitars.
One can easily distinguish a DiMarzio YJM from a HS-3 from their magnet stagger at the B string. With the YJM, the magnet is even lower than the plastic cover, with the HS-3 the magnet is clearly raised above the cover.

I've seen closeup pics of his 2007 tours where Yngwie's even using his '07 updated artist series YJM Strats and even in those the neck magnet appears to be a plain HS-3 (visible from the raised B-string magnet).
In his concerto suite DVD with the Japanese philharmonic orchestra at some closeups one can clearly see the raised B-string magnet at the neck position which to me indicates that he's using an HS-3 there aswell.
It appears that most of his guitars use HS-3's in bridge and neck position.
Maybe it's really like the DiMarzio website says and he's only using the YJM pickup in some of his vintage Strats...

Btw, sometimes I really wonder if he's using those HS-3's and YJM's at all or if DiMarzio just say he does when he's maybe using something else/secret. (a purely speculative thought on my behalf, of course).
These aren't my quotes, thanks to YJM forum for data.

yngwie308

Mynameisfritz · Post by **Mynameisfritz** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:48 am

I have a fairly battered yellow 70's strat which - so I had been told in '92 when I bought it from a guy named Curt Schumacher in LA - had been played by Yngwie during his Alcatrazz time. (I posted this a few days ago but didn't get any replies... Maybe here's the better place to do it.) I don't think the guy had been joking, because he told me after I decided to buy it. Curt was/is (?) a hell of a player, he did EVH perfect and was pretty involved in the whole LA music scene in these days.

The Strat has a big but very thin headstock and the small Fender logo on it - and it doesn't look like an overspray... I can't explain this, but - well - I don't care too much about that. No scalopped fretboard.

I'm just curious about the guitar, I like it when instruments have a story to tell. If there's any interest, I can post some pics.

Yngwie 308, I always enjoy your posts and your knowledge - especially the Hendrix or Peter Green stuff, etc. Thanks.

carlygtr56 · Post by **carlygtr56** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:59 am

Love my two YJM Strats....hate his strings. I'll never buy them again. I've had those bullet ends pop off so many, I lost count!!

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:33 pm

man just picture it. guitar players had a good idea of who he was at this point. i just trip out what he was doing at this time. like where did he come from?... his cockiness pretty much understood looking at this - i mean picture being Yngwie right here. he had something that many people wanted and all eyes were on him trying to soak up as much as one could. like a warrior, he slayed on thsi night. wow

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CvKqxNea9iA

Tonemaster · Post by **Tonemaster** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:08 pm

Not my cup of tea. The musical equivalent of masterbation. Plus he sure has a huge opinion of himself.

T.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:08 pm

one of the beauties of art. if it reaches you great and if it doesnt thats fine too.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:35 pm

rockstah wrote: like where did he come from?... iA

Ritchie Blackmore!

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:39 pm

i would agree. but like Richie yngwie has a passion for classical music. if anyone has that influence they are bound to sound like Richie or yngwie or uhli . the guys that came along that were using 7 notes in a rock context. this alone make them stand out.

I'm sure you could agree its the same thing as saying Eric got from Robert Johnson. or jimi got it from buddy guy look at what they did with it!
everyone gets from everyone else.
as well I'm sure yngwie could give back to Richie and then some.

what i don't understand is how some can not appreciate his musicianship and ability on the instrument even if they don't like what hes saying.

the comment "where did he come from?" is respect to how much of entity he created is such a short time. right after you heard him u knew it was every time u hear him. that is impressive.

Tonemaster · Post by **Tonemaster** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:42 pm

His ablity to navigate the fretboard is not a tpoic for contention. The guy has chops up the wazoo, but it gets tiring. Having said that, his stint on the G3 wankfest blows Vai and that other Italian guy into the weeds.

T.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:54 pm

rockstah wrote:i would agree. but like Richie yngwie has a passion for classical music. if anyone has that influence they are bound to sound like Richie or yngwie or uhli . the guys that came along that were using 7 notes in a rock context. this alone make them stand out.

I'm sure you could agree its the same thing as saying Eric got from Robert Johnson. or jimi got it from buddy guy look at what they did with it!
everyone gets from everyone else.
as well I'm sure yngwie could give back to Richie and then some.

what i don't understand is how some can not appreciate his musicianship and ability on the instrument even if they don't like what hes saying.

the comment "where did he come from?" is respect to how much of entity he created is such a short time. right after you heard him u knew it was every time u hear him. that is impressive.

Agreed, Mark. And that's excatly how I meant it. Everybody comes form somebody if that makes sense. Yngwie definitely took Blackmore's interest in classical in a rock sense and took it further. Same iwth Eric, etc.

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:03 pm

Cool Mark you are right, the only given is how incredible a musician/guitarist he is, people who won't even acknowledge that, aren't truly listening without prejudice.
Great clip, enjoyed that one.
Much as I love RB, I think Yngwie certainly learned everything he could from Ritchie, who is a true innovator as well, YJM went on with it and continues to carry the torch.
I would love for Ritchie to come into the daylight and leave the Knight

Play a Strat again please

Ritchie's been drinking the Kool Aid..

yngwie308

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:05 am

Hear that, Dave. Ritchie's definietly in another world....

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:56 pm

Here is a 'smokin' version of Smoke On The Water while this thread is hijacked to Deep Purple, this gives new meaning to the term "Made In Japan"

http://video.i.ua/user/625858/4403/22166/?redux" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:47 pm

who is the guy in the pic with richie? and speaking of which whats wrong with richie?

yikes is that richie?